EXEMPLAR SCIENCE LESSON PLAN

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I. OBJECTIVES
The learners demonstrate an understanding of:organisms interacting with each other
A. Content Standards
and with their environment to survive
B. Performance The learners shall be able to conduct a collaborative action to preserve the
Standards ecosystem in the locality.
The learners shall be able to predict the effect of changes in one population on other
C. Learning population in the ecosystem. (S7LT-IIi-11)
Competencies/ 1. predict the effect of one population on the other population in the
Objectives ecosystem.
Write the LC code for
2. recognize the vital role of humans in controlling and prevention of the
each
spread of invasive species

II. CONTENT
III. LEARNING RESOURCES
A. References
1. Teacher’s Guide pages
2. Learner’s Materials
pages
3. Textbook pages
4. Additional Materials
from Learning
Resource (LR) portal
https://www.google.com.ph/search?q=campbell%2C+Neil.+Biology+tenth+edition&oq=campbell
B. Other Learning %2C+Neil.+Biology+tenth+edition&aqs=chrome..69i57.36008j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
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IV. PROCEDURES
Let’s Fill Until It’s Full

 Tell the learners to fill-in each trophic level with the corresponding
organisms.
 Once the learners are through with the activity, ask the question,
“What does the energy pyramid show?”

Snake
A. Reviewing previous
lesson or presenting Okra
the new lesson
Fungus
Leafhopper
Toad
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 Reiterate the statement of the learners about the energy pyramid. Tell them
that the energy pyramid shows the transfer of energy from one trophic level
to the next level.
 Ask the learners:
B. Establishing a purpose 1. What if one organism does not exist in the particular trophic level?
for the lesson Will it affect the other organisms?
2. If it affects other organisms, will it affect the population of those
organism/s?
3. If yes, then how will it affect the population of those organisms?

 Show a scenario wherein a population is affected by different factors.

 Let the learners describe the picture.

C. Presenting
examples/instances of
the new lesson

 Ask: How is the population of bird affected as shown at the upper right
corner of the picture?
Note: Elicit ideas from the learners until they were able to realize the effect
of invasive species and ask them to define invasive species in their
own words.
 If the species of bird located at the upper right corner is an invasive species
and prey only on those birds, how will it affect the whole population of the
small bird species?
 Ask the learners, what could be the possible effects of populations of
organisms on other populations of organisms?

 Distribute the reading material to each group consisting of five members.

D. Discussing new  In their respective groups, instruct the learners to do the reading activity
concepts and entitled, Invasive Species, Why are they here?
practicing new skills
 Move around to check the learners and ask questions about the activity. This
#1
will serve as the formative assessment.

Group Activity
E. Discussing new Determine other examples of changes in population:
concepts and a. migration b. immigration c. mortality and natality
practicing new skills Predict what will happen if:
#2
a. fishes migrate to other places to avoid a polluted aquatic areas
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b. rice plants were attack by increasing population of pests like locust

c. increasing number of rats died, what will happen to the population of predators
who feed on rats
F. Developing mastery
(leads to Formative  Let the learners answer the questions in the activity.
Assessment 3)
 What is the role of the population of organisms on other population of
organisms in a larger scale? Example: population of spiders, frogs, planktons,
fish, and snake?
G. Finding practical
applications of
 Gardening is one of the hobbies of people who have lawns and backyards. As
concepts and skills in plants grow, more weeds also grow with the plants. How do weeds affect the
daily living plants? How do gardeners control the population of weeds?
What is the effect of the method used by the gardener on the population of
weeds?

Based on the picture at the right,

instruct the learners to determine
how the population of locust
H. Making
generalizations and affect the population of plant and
abstractions about the let them predict what will happen
lesson to the plant population if the
population of the locust continues
to increase in number.

 Write a One Sentence Summary about the effect of population of organism

I. Evaluating learning on another population of organisms.

 Search for articles about invasive species that invaded the Philippine wildlife
J. Additional activities for
application or and how the government address the wildlife problem.
remediation  Do you consider yourself as an invasive species? Why or why not?

V. REMARKS

VI. REFLECTION
A. No. of learners who earned 80% in the evaluation
B. No. of learners who require additional activities for
remediation
C. Did the remedial lessons work? No. of learners who
have caught up with the lesson
D. No. of learners who continue to require remediation
E. Which of my teaching strategies worked well? Why
did these work?
F. What difficulties did I encounter which my principal or
supervisor can help me solve?
G. What innovation or localized materials did I
use/discover which I wish to share with other
teachers?
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Marizol S. Aniceto
Writer/s: Las Piñas City National High School
Las Piñas City

Mary Ann N. Taway Jocelyn M. Jimenez

Marikina Science High School Lagro High School
Marikina City Quezon City

Team Members:
Jackielyn Anabo Czarino Tamanio
Malabon National High School Santolan High School
Malabon Pasig City
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TEACHER HANDOUT

Answers to questions:

1. What are invasive species of organisms?

Answer: Invasive species of organisms are nuisance organisms introduced into the new environment that
causes ecological imbalance or economic harm in the environment where it is not endemic.

2. What aquatic organisms are considered as invasive species?

Answer: Water hyacinth, water fern, golden apple snail, white goby, eleotrid, and janitor fish are the
invasive species found in the Philippine aquatic waters.

3. How do these populations of invasive species of organisms affect the population of other organisms?
Answer: These populations of organisms decrease the population of other organisms due to competition of
food, territory, and native organisms are hunted as their food.

4. If the population of invasive species of organisms continue to grow in number, how will they affect the
population of the native species in the future?
Answer: In the near future, endemic organisms will soon become endangered and eventually become
extinct.
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ACTIVITY SHEET
A. Read the article about the invasive species.

Invasive Species, why are they here?

Some aquatic plants had been introduced into the Philippines for ornamental purposes. Two of
these are water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes ) and water fern (Salvinia molesta). However, these plants
become invasive as they affect oxygen supply and oxygen levels in the water. They also have an effect on
the reduction of the growth of phytoplanktons which serve as food for native fish populations.

Aside from aquatic plants, aquatic animals such as golden apple snail (Pomacea canaliculata) was
introduced to increase the protein source of Filipino diet, but has become a major pest in rice fields as it
feeds on rice seedlings. This species of snail does not only affect rice plantations but is also blamed to
displace native edible snail, Pila conica, in Luzon (Pagulayan, 1997). This is a truly an invasive alien species
as its utilization as food is less than its population in natural waters.

Freshwater fishes have been reported to affect native species of fish populations. White goby
(Glossogobius giurus) and the eleotrid (Hypseleotris agilis) are responsible for the loss of the endemic
species of cyprinids in Lake Lanao. Janitor fish (Pterygoplichthys pardalis) though not considered as a
predator affects native fish species as it competes for food with catfish, mudfish, carp, tilapia, and tarpons.

As these invasive species of organisms continue to flourish in the native waters, more populations
of endemic aquatic organisms will continue to suffer which may lead to their extinction.
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Answer the following questions:

1. What are invasive species of organisms?
2. What aquatic organisms are considered as invasive species?
3. How do these populations of invasive species of organisms affect the population of other organisms?
4. If the population of invasive species of organisms continue to grow in number, how will they affect the
population of the native species in the future?
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B. Predict what will happen if:

1. fishes migrate to other places to avoid a polluted aquatic areas
2. rice plants were attack by increasing population of pests like locust
3. increasing number of rats died, what will happen to the population of predators who feed on rats